peters



H. P. PISKE.

(MOdGL) BOX.

Patented Oct. 10, 1882.

N. PETERS Phololrlbosnphun Washmglun. D. C,

NHE STATES ATENT Fries.

HENRY 1?. FISKE, OF PORTLAND, ASSIGNOR TO LESLIE L. CURTIS, OF CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE.

BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 265,590, dated October 10, 1882,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. FIsKE, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 shows the different parts of my box in fiat form cut and creased ready for folding into a box. Fig. 2 is a view in section showing the method of uniting certain of the parts. Fig. 3 is a view of the handle.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to the manufacture of boxes out of a sheet or sheets of thin material, like paper, card-board, scale-board, 850.

My invention consists in a box constructed of thin material capable of being creased and folded, cutand formed into the shape and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

a shows the bottom piece. I) c d show side pieces, to be folded within the exterior side pieces, cfg I1. All of these pieces are of the forms shown in the drawings at Fig. 1. The side piece It carries the flap i, which has the ear j, with a horizontal slit. k. The side piece 0 has the vertical slit I. The sheet on which these different sides and parts are formed is scored, as indicated by m in Fig. 1, so as to facilitate the folding of the sheet and the parts thereof as desired. The ear j passes through the slit 1, and the tongue at then passes down through the slit k in the ear j. Thus the box is held in form and the parts together. The

parts or side pieces 71' and fhave each a horizontal slit, 0. Into these are pushed the ends of the handle 1). Near each end of this handle Application filed March 11, 1882. (Model.)

are made the incisions q When the ends of the handle are pushed into the slits 0 up to the incis0ns q the pressure of the material of the sides fand it over the parts 1' of the handle, just above the incisions, forces them inwardly somewhat onto the edges of the slots 0, thus bringing the edges of the material together and locking in the handle. To form the box after it has been cut out and scored, as indicated, turn up the side pieces I) and 0 to a position nearly vertical. Then bring up the side piece d, bringing the edges of the pieces I) c and d together. This will give them all the correct inclination. Then bring up around these pieces the outer sides, efg h, pass the ear j through the slit l, and then the tongue 11, into the slit 70. Then attach the handle 10, as before set forth.

By making the scores between the parts of g It i at right angles to the edges of those [)AII s and making the strip of material from which those parts are formed straight, and by making the part (Z rectangular in form, the box will be rectangular in form when put together.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The box herein described, the parts of which are cut from a sheet of thin material, all 0011- nected and scored as set forth, folded as specified, having the handle 2) made and attached as set forth, said parts being the bottom a, side pieces I) d 0, side pieces, efg h, slits l 0 k, tongue at, ear j, slits 0, and handlep, as here- 7 in described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY P. FISKE.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, JOHN P. KERRIGAN. 

